Rischitelli v. Safety Insurance

The plaintiff sustained personal injuries when, following a motor vehicle accident between his mother’s motor vehicle, which he was driving, and another vehicle, the driver of the other vehicle left that vehicle and physically attacked the plaintiff. The other driver, who gives new meaning to the expression “hit and run,” left the scene without identifying himself and has never been located. As an insured under his mother’s standard Massachusetts automobile insurance policy issued by the defendant (Safety), the plaintiff seeks to recover uninsured motorist, medical payments, and personal…